An Essay on Criticism

by Alexander Pope

Rules for the conduct and manners in a Critic.
Candour. Modesty. Good breeding. Sincerity and freedom of advice.
When one's counsel is to be restrained. Character of an incorrigible
poet. And of an impertinent critic. Character of a good critic.
The history of criticism, and characters of the best critics;
Aristotle. Horace. Dionysius. Petronius. Quintiallian. Longinus.
Of the decay of Criticism, and its revival. Erasmus. Vida.
Boileau. Lord Roscommon, etc. Conclusion.